Form redirection

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

What is the easiest way to get the button below to redirect to a URL after it's pressed?

Ie. When they click the edit button, they are brought to www.edit.com.

Thanks!

print start_form(), table(
    Tr( td(), td(submit('edit')) ),
  ),
  end_form(), hr();
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Re: Form redirection by TVSET (Chaplain) on Dec 24, 2003 at 13:08 UTC
Specify a form action, like this: `print start_form(-action=>'some_page.pl'), table( Tr( td(), td(submit('edit')) ), ), end_form(), hr()` [download] Also you might be interested in a JavaScript solution. :) Leonid Mamtchenkov aka TVSET	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Form redirection by exussum0 (Vicar) on Dec 24, 2003 at 14:44 UTC
Right as usual. :) The difference between using JS and using a form is, one actually requires the JS interpreter to be on. At least with a form, prolly using the get method, it will work with old browsers like Lynx Play that funky music white boy..	[reply]
Re: Form redirection by exussum0 (Vicar) on Dec 24, 2003 at 13:06 UTC
`"perldoc CGI"` is your friend. I'm assuming you are using CGI.pm at least :) Anyway, from CGI's pod (perldoc)... STARTING AND ENDING A FORM print $query->startform(-method=>$method, -action=>$action, -enctype=>$encoding); <... various form stuff ...> print $query->endform; -or- print $query->startform($method,$action,$encoding); <... various form stuff ...> print $query->endform; startform() will return a <FORM> tag with the optional method, action and form encoding that you specify. The defaults are: method: POST action: this script enctype: application/x-www-form-urlencoded endform() returns the closing </FORM> tag. You are using the non OO way, but the parameters should still be the same. Set your action to be http://www.edit.com Play that funky music white boy..	[reply]